albhi-

    albhi-

    English meaning: “barley”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Gerste”

    Note: Root albhi- : “barley” derived from a truncated Root eregʷ(h)o-, erogʷ(h)o- : “pea” [common Gk. -kʷ- > -p-, -gʷ- > -b- phonetic mutation].

    Material: Gk. ἄλφι, ἄλφιτον “ barley, pearl barley, barley flour “, lakon. ἀλίφατα ἄλφιτα ἤ ἄλευρα Hes. (with gradual growth vowel ι; Ehrlich KZ. 38, 55, in ἄλφι : ἄλφατα from which by intersection with ἄλφι then ἄλφιτ-α, -ον - sees a relation as between O.Ind. ásth-i : asthn- áḥ, what would guarante older Proto-IE of the word); Alb. elp (elbi) “barley” (N. pl. *albhī-). Iran. *arbhi- conclusions Vasmer Stud. z. Alb.Wortf. I (Dorpat 1921) S. 16 ff. from turkotatar. etc arba “barley”. relationship to *albh- “ white “ assumes Specht Decl. 68 O.N. From Iranian branch the name for barley passed to Altaic family: Protoform: *àrp”á

    English meaning: “barley, millet” Turkic protoform: *arpa Mongolian protoform: *arbaj Tungus protoform: *arpa Japanese protoform: *àpá

    Note: EAS 90, KW 15, Poppe 87. АПиПЯЯ 67. The Mong. form cannot be explained as a Turkism (despite TMN 2, 24, Щербак 1997, 100). The Turkic form is sometimes compared with Proto-Iran. *arba- (corresponding to Gk. alphi), cf. East Iranian forms going back to *arpasyü- (or *arbasyü) (Стеблин-Каменский 1982, 23), but it is not identical (loss of the final syllable is hard to explain); on the other hand, the Jpn. parallel is a strong argument in favour of the Altaic origin of the Turkic form.

    References: WP. I 92, Jokl Festschrift Kretschmer 78 f., Kieckers IE. 41, 184, Wahrmann Gl. 17, 253.